Takeaway

[Manc]

Going to gym and having a fat mrs, it's a rare occurence that I get to feast on a good old fashioned takeaway. A Chinese is very much on the cards tomorrow as I've been led to belive Dominoes is now shit.

What's your takeaway of choice?

[mugbull]

Wouldn't a fat missus love Dominoes?

[SvN]

Depends on the mood.

I find the local pizza place is usually better than the likes of Dominoes, and about 1/3 of the price.

There's an Indian place across the road which is incredible and one of the best I've ever had, but I usually prefer to eat in than to eat it at home.

Chinese isn't really my cup of tea, but I have one occasionally because it's my wife's favourite.

There's a great chippy nearby too, but it just doesn't compare to the place in Walsall that has orange chips (which are fucking incredible, by the way).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Chinese.

I recently discovered twice cooked pork at a Thai/Chinese place near here and it's ridiculously good.

It actually makes me want to go to Chengdu and sample the real thing.

[Pepe]

The Indian restaurant nearby. He's been trying to break me by making my food spicier and spicier every time, but I am not backing off.

[Adamski]

Chinese as default. I could literally eat 15-20 different things from the standard menus.

After that I would go with kebab/munchiebox or an Indian pizza.

[Pepe]

I bloody hate shit Chinese.

[Boydy]

Chinese. Even shit Chinese. I fucking love it.

I also love Indian (although there's hardly any around here), pizza (not fucking Domino's though, it's shit and overpriced) and chippy. No wonder I'm fat.

[Lewis]

Fish 'n' chips by an absolute fucking mile. I get bland shit from the Chinese because fuck them, and our local pizza places are shit (**Asda Crew**).

Speaking of moody foreign muck, my friend insisted on taking me to a curry house the other day and it was crap. There wasn't even any novelty value, since I had never set foot in an Indian before (in contrast to them being a Midlands retard who loves it); it was just rubbish.

[Boydy]

I bet everything you eat is bland.

[Giggles]

Indian would be the choice closely followed by normal chipper food. Dish of choice would either be a lamb pathia from the former and battered sausages from the latter.

The only stuff I eat from the Chinese are a spice bag or chicken balls, and pizza is always a meh.

[Lewis]

I bet everything you eat is bland.

I've just had some chicken and a couple of 'Frosty Fancies', so clearly not.

[Dquincy]

Indian would be the choice closely followed by normal chipper food. Dish of choice would either be a lamb pathia from the former and battered sausages from the latter.

The only stuff I eat from the Chinese are a spice bag or chicken balls, and pizza is always a meh.
I'm with Giggster, curry all the way. I've twice in the last 5 days had hopes of a curry dashed. Fuckers.

Out for an Italian tonight in the land of Royal Berkshire.

[Giggles]

I'm with Giggster, curry all the way. I've twice in the last 5 days had hopes of a curry dashed. Fuckers.

Out for an Italian tonight in the land of Royal Berkshire.

I had a lamb dopiaza and vegetable pakoras last night :chief:

[Mellberg]

Lewis is correct. The chippy prevails over all. Fish and chips or kebab coated in various sauces :drool:

[Cord]

Chinese most often, Indian would be my next choice. There's greater variety with a Chinese.

The Chippy is an occasional thing. Pizza is generally rubbish/overpriced.

[Giggles]

I forgot kebabs. Used to get some epic ones in NI, but here they all seem to be pitiful ones in a pitta bread.

Doner, sauce, and fuck all else in a massive naan :drool:

[Adamski]

King doner with cheese :cool:

[Boydy]

I've just had some chicken and a couple of 'Frosty Fancies', so clearly not.

What was the chicken flavoured with/in?

And what are frosty fancies?

[Mazuuurk]

If I eat junky food I usually just eat it at the place, for lunch and the such. But that's only "privately" as it were, since I actually go and buy takeaway for lunch every single day when at work, that I usually bring back up to the office. Although given that I do that every day, I tend to try to go for noncey food like sallads, so that I don't become a complete lump or lard.

[Ian]

I'd probably pick curry (South Indian garlic chilli chicken or Madras) if forced to pick a favourite but I like the other takeaways as well. For pizza I now order local though. Can't say I've found one where the pizzas are especially great but like fuck am I paying Dominos/ Pizza Hut prices when it's just me.

What I have a lot at the moment is the bag of salt/chilli chips and salt/chilli chicken from one of the locals. Massive portion, delicious and under £6.

[Bernanke]

There's a Korean place near my school that has freaking amazing Bibimbap.

Cheap Indian is scarce in Sweden, sadly. Instead we have one shitty combined kebab/pizza place per capita.

[Mazuuurk]

What exactly does salt/chili mean here? Is it literally just salt & chili or is it a chili sauce with salt in it?

It just sounds a little retarded saying "salt" as kind of a flavour to chips. What would be like saying "stock with water in it" or "lasagna with pasta in it", kind of.

[Mazuuurk]

There's a Korean place near my school that has freaking amazing Bibimbap.

Cheap Indian is scarce in Sweden, sadly. Instead we have one shitty combined kebab/pizza place per capita.

Yo where do you live bro? I want some of that Bibimbap action.

As in - where is the place?
(don't really give a fuck where you live)

[Giggles]

What exactly does salt/chili mean here? Is it literally just salt & chili or is it a chili sauce with salt in it?

It just sounds a little retarded saying "salt" as kind of a flavour to chips. What would be like saying "stock with water in it" or "lasagna with pasta in it", kind of.

It's normally without a sauce and is fairly heavy on the salt.

[Davgooner]

Chinese. The Great Wall does spring rolls that are the size of a car.

[Bernanke]

Yo where do you live bro? I want some of that Bibimbap action.

As in - where is the place?
(don't really give a fuck where you live)

Koreana at Luntmakargatan. It gets overlooked often since it's on the same street as Arirang, but I find Koreana to be way less.. pretentious, I guess? It's just a really big bowl of Korean goodness.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bibimbap is the works. Not a takeaway though (here anyway).

There's an absolute top rank kebab shop at the end of my road which not only serves the finest kebabs you can get anywhere, but also is run by a trio of legendary Turkish 'boys' (there's the one with loads of scars, the old one, and the one with the bizness moustache) who are all round heroes and famously once mobilised the entire town against the wanker Tory council when they tried to take their licence away. Needless to say it gets used a shitload by me.

Indian is the best food, but best eaten at the restaurant. Chinese is shit, crispy duck aside. Pizza I wouldn't even countenance having as a takeaway.

[Bernanke]

http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Bxp5K6avccJEGM4oRCpxpQ/o.jpg

There it is. :drool:

[Manc]

It's just a really big bowl of Korean goodness.

Sounds like Jims office.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I haven't thought about this in great detail, but there's a decent chance it's the best single common dish in the world.

For the uninitiated, what happens is you take the bowl above, which is hot and/or self-heating, throw some red chili sauce on top and then mix everything around so the egg sort of cooks into it. It's of simply unbelievable quality.

[Giggles]

I love eggs but couldn't be having them in something like that.

[Raoul Duke]

Generally we'll go for Chinese, but I actually probably slightly prefer Indian. For pizza I'd rather just walk to Tesco's across the road than spend £900 on Domino's.

I tried Deliveroo the other day which was pretty cool - basically they bring restaurant food to you. In London this is pretty cool as there's loads of great restaurants (although I doubt it'd work everywhere).

[Boydy]

Generally we'll go for Chinese, but I actually probably slightly prefer Indian. For pizza I'd rather just walk to Tesco's across the road than spend £900 on Domino's.

I tried Deliveroo the other day which was pretty cool - basically they bring restaurant food to you. In London this is pretty cool as there's loads of great restaurants (although I doubt it'd work everywhere).

Surely that's incredibly expensive?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I love eggs but couldn't be having them in something like that.

On the other hand, I dislike eggs but think it would work (especially a raw one) really well.

[Mazuuurk]

Why are British people so squeamish about eating a bit of raw egg? You stick like raw egg yolk in a mayonnaise and that's no problem. Stick it on top of a carbonara, that's awesome as well.

In fact, as loose eggyolk is glorious on top of just about anything.

[Giggles]

I don't mind raw egg at all, I just don't want eggs near anything that's not toast or a fry.

[igor_balis]

I could eat curry every night and never get sick of it. Ideally sauces that are flavoursome, thick and in that 'hot but not vindaloo' vicinity. Usually lamb. Paneer curry is quality as well, but that's something for when I get invited to dinner parties by yoghurt-knitting loony lefties rather than a takeaway with the ladz and beerz and bantz.

I accidentally went to that super wacky Indian place in Edinburgh that serves the 'world's hottest curry' and other hilarious kooky stuff. My mate ordered a fucking veggie haggis chocolate curry, which was almost a friendship ending transgression. I tried a bit and it was possibly the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten. He wasn't even doing it to be lolrandom, I think he genuinely thought it would be good.

I like most takeaway stuff though, what I have depends on my mood. Even horrible grey donner meat is perfect when you've had enough to drink.

[Bernanke]

Hey Brits, wanna trade a few of our Iraqi immigrants for your Indians and Pakistanis? Getting really jealous of your curry-situation.

[Raoul Duke]

Surely that's incredibly expensive?

It's the price you'd pay in the restaurant + £2.50 delivery fee. It was pretty good and worth it for the novelty of having something different.

When I say 'restaurant' I mean a burger place or whatever. I'm not getting Michelin * stuff as takeaway :D

[igor_balis]

Hey Brits, wanna trade a few of our Iraqi immigrants for your Indians and Pakistanis? Getting really jealous of your curry-situation.

Think it is mainly Bangladeshies you'll be wanting actually. And no, fuck you.

[Mazuuurk]

I don't mind raw egg at all, I just don't want eggs near anything that's not toast or a fry.

Well a lot of people in Britain seem really paranoid about it. Anyway, I like egg on just about anything.

Besides, Bibimbap is kind of like the Korean version of a stir-fry anyway.

[Toby]

Nepalese do the best curries.

[igor_balis]

Chinese. The Great Wall does spring rolls that are the size of a car.

Walked past that place every day after work for about 6 months. Never wanted to go in because it just looked so fucking grim and desolate. Street view captures it pretty well:

http://s8.postimg.org/j5wvnksw3/g_eat.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why are British people so squeamish about eating a bit of raw egg? You stick like raw egg yolk in a mayonnaise and that's no problem. Stick it on top of a carbonara, that's awesome as well.

In fact, as loose eggyolk is glorious on top of just about anything.
Raw egg on steak tartare with some onions and gherkins :drool:

[Lee]

I love it all. Fish and Chips is probably my favourite although a Chinese runs it pretty close. Can't wait until I've shifted a bit more weight so I can go back to having the odd takeaway. :drool:

[Mazuuurk]

Nepalese do the best curries.

Thats some new level of hipstery. Where does one find a fucking Nepalese place? I bet they hardly even have them in Nepal.


Raw egg on steak tartare with some onions and gherkins :drool:

Oh yeah, baby :drool:

[Adamski]

We have it up here as well. We tend to order it for lunch or after work drinks in the office.

Works really well.

[Toby]

Thats some new level of hipstery. Where does one find a fucking Nepalese place? I bet they hardly even have them in Nepal.


There are thousands of Nepalese people in Britain so restaurants are pretty common.

[Adamski]

Thats some new level of hipstery. Where does one find a fucking Nepalese place? I bet they hardly even have them in Nepal.

Oh yeah, baby :drool:

Check you out trying to be all edgy all of a sudden when there's an active WDYTOE :cool:

[leedsrevolution]

Just give me a donner kebab please.

[Mazuuurk]

I don't know who you are.

What was edgy about that anyway?

[igor_balis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887WIB1oRAA
Sorry John.

[Adamski]

Did I say you did? What an odd thing to say.

[Mazuuurk]

It implies you're a fucking nobody.

[Ian]

What exactly does salt/chili mean here?

In the case I'm talking about the chicken is shredded into strips and coated in some sort of fairly light batter-type stuff. Chucked in with the chips, peppers, onion and sliced chillis and then the lot of it is salted and I assume tossed in sort of chilli powder type affair.

[Lewis]

What was the chicken flavoured with/in?

And what are frosty fancies?

I just cooked it in the oven, and get a clue mate (http://www.mrkipling.co.uk/MrKipling/media/Images/Products/Festive%20Treats/hero-festive-frostyfancies.png?width=583&height=285&ext=.png).

[Mazuuurk]

In the case I'm talking about the chicken is shredded into strips and coated in some sort of fairly light batter-type stuff. Chucked in with the chips, peppers, onion and sliced chillis and then the lot of it is salted and I assume tossed in sort of chilli powder type affair.

Interesting. Do you have images of this?
Does it come with some sort of sauce?

[randomlegend]

It implies you're a fucking nobody.

Calling people nobodies on a forum really is as small-time as it gets.

[Magic]

I'm downgrading my Maz rating.

[Mazuuurk]

Everything is falling apart here.

[Mazuuurk]

Calling people nobodies on a forum really is as small-time as it gets.

Who the hell is he then? What was he on the old board?

[Giggles]

Interesting. Do you have images of this?
Does it come with some sort of sauce?

What Ian described is what we call a spice box/bag here and salted chilli chicken is the same thing but without the chips. There's a beef version too.

http://www.uk420.com/boards/uploads/1362941950/gallery_57206_5870_195948.jpg

[Boydy]

I just cooked it in the oven, and get a clue mate (http://www.mrkipling.co.uk/MrKipling/media/Images/Products/Festive%20Treats/hero-festive-frostyfancies.png?width=583&height=285&ext=.png).

Both pretty bland.

[Mazuuurk]

Ah, cheers Giggs. That basically just looks like some sort of Chinese wok thing to me, that would come with rice, certainly not chips. At least that's what it would be here, I reckon.

[Adamski]

Who the hell is he then? What was he on the old board?

What was I? What does even mean :D

What were you, you absolute mentalist.

[Magic]

I love Indian, Thai, Chinese. I really detest fast food, anything pretending to be genuine Turkish cuisine and fucking pizzas.

[Giggles]

Ah, cheers Giggs. That basically just looks like some sort of Chinese wok thing to me, that would come with rice, certainly not chips. At least that's what it would be here, I reckon.

The few Chinese takeaways round here do an appetiser sized one on it's own and a bigger main version that has the usual accompaniments of chips/rice/noodles.

[Adamski]

[

The few Chinese takeaways round here do an appetiser sized one on it's own and a bigger main version that has the usual accompaniments of chips/rice/noodles.

The starter ones are an incredible creation. Means you still get that and another main course without feeling like a total fat mess.

[Mazuuurk]

What was I? What does even mean :D

What were you, you absolute mentalist.

I was "Mazuuurk" on the old board, as I am now. What were you?
I'll speak a little plainly since you seem to be a little daft: I don't even know who you are and can't recall ever seeing you post anything or interest or worth. So it seems a little odd to me that you're commenting on my posting style, when I've really hardly been posting much for the past two years or so.


The few Chinese takeaways round here do an appetiser sized one on it's own and a bigger main version that has the usual accompaniments of chips/rice/noodles.

Seems weird to have that with Chips. But then again chips are the tits so I guess they sort of go with everything.

[Boydy]

You're looking for 'who', Maz. And he was Adamski on the old board too.

[Mazuuurk]

Well, that's what I wrote, Boyd :nodd:

[Adamski]

I've seen you acting the cunt today and called you out on it. Doesn't make me anyone.

Clearly hit a nerve so point proven I think.

[Giggles]

The starter ones are an incredible creation. Means you still get that and another main course without feeling like a total fat mess.

Yeah we usually get one each of those starters and then a portion of chicken ball main with rice between us.

That said, I can't remember my last Chinese.

[Magic]

What the fuck is the sub-plot to this thread all about? :D

[Mazuuurk]

I've seen you acting the cunt today and called you out on it. Doesn't make me anyone.

Clearly hit a nerve so point proven I think.

Explain when I was being a cunt, exactly? What the hell.
Get your panties in order, don't be so fucking touchy lad.

[Giggles]

:uhoh:

I also like burgers.

Discuss..

[Mazuuurk]

Anyway, what's really a takeaway? Like, if if I go to a restaurant and order - say one of these gastro pub burgers or indian & some naan - for maybe 15 quid and bring that home, is it still takeaway? I took it away, technically, but it's not like a some cheap chippy exactly. Is it only about the displacement or does takeaway really need to be kind of cheap and greasy to qualify?

[Davgooner]

Walked past that place every day after work for about 6 months. Never wanted to go in because it just looked so fucking grim and desolate. Street view captures it pretty well:


Yeah. I ordered from it for a couple of years before I actually saw the gaff. By then it was too late and I just ignore hwo much of a dive it looks.

[Magic]

Post a streetview of your local take away is a decent thing to do.

[Raoul Duke]

What the fuck is the sub-plot to this thread all about? :D

It's a kind of interleaving seethe which breaks out of the WDYTOE thread and permeates others.

[Giggles]

Post a streetview of your local take away is a decent thing to do.

The streetview car wouldn't have passed it.


Anyway, what's really a takeaway? Like, if if I go to a restaurant and order - say one of these gastro pub burgers or indian & some naan - for maybe 15 quid and bring that home, is it still takeaway? I took it away, technically, but it's not like a some cheap chippy exactly. Is it only about the displacement or does takeaway really need to be kind of cheap and greasy to qualify?

I was going to ask similar earlier in that if the likes of Subway and all counted or if deli counter food counted. Does it need to be an evening meal to count because, if not, breakfast is the best takeaway of all :drool:

[Giggles]

It's a kind of interleaving seethe which breaks out of the WDYTOE thread and permeates others.

And makes everything so much more interesting.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've never understood the fascination about 'chicken balls'.

If you're going sweet and sour go Hong Kong style.

[Giggles]

I've never understood the fascination about 'chicken balls'.

If you're going sweet and sour go Hong Kong style.


Is that the one in with all the veg? There's your answer then. The veg.

[Mazuuurk]

I've never understood the fascination about 'chicken balls'.

If you're going sweet and sour go Hong Kong style.

That sounds like sexual preferences, not something about food.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is that the one in with all the veg? There's your answer then. The veg.

It has onions and green peppers as well as a few pieces of pineapple but the meat is so much tastier.

[Giggles]

I don't even get sweet and sour with my chicken balls anyway. Normally curry, but I don't even dip them all.

[Magic]

I once went here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@56.4893446,-2.9813088,3a,75y,0.12h,90.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdm3iFWOGxk0NsIyl2ZycQA!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

On the recommendation of a trusted colleague at work. I never trusted a fucking thing she said after that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What an utterly depressing street.

[Pepe]

Pizza is excellent, I can only assume that you people do it wrong as most cooking things (toast :harold:.)

[Magic]

Here's my local Indian and Chinese conveniently up and down from each other. The Indian restaurant is utterly superb as well but the Chinese restaurant is shite! Weird, wonderful takeaway though: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@56.466127,-2.8735421,3a,75y,114.48h,89.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sy1QR9aRhOYqUaCbsHz19Xw!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Here's my local Thai takeaway: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Chiang+Mai/@56.48034,-2.8199716,3a,75y,348.12h,85.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIR2NB4dyzasjk2GHBH3lOw!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x4c0eff78ded08a22!6m1!1 e1

[Magic]

What an utterly depressing street.

Yes in one of the most deprived areas of Dundee. Lovely stuff.

[Mazuuurk]

Dundee looks like a right pinnacle of culture and sophistication.

[Magic]

Why what's wrong with my locals? Have a wee explore, it's my seaside village.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Surprised at all the Chinese love. Indian shits on it from a great height.

The Thai in Monifieth is excellent Magic.

[Sam]

If I do go for a takeaway it's generally a peri-peri chicken. There is a shit ton of them in Cheltenham and I lived below one in the past. Great food, doesn't tend to be overly unhealthy and arrives quick.

Only order them if I am furiously hungover nevertheless.

[Raoul Duke]

Living below a chicken shop just sounds like an inferno deathtrap waiting to happen

[phonics]

Not really on topic but I've been dining out on Johns 'My local Chinese's roof caved in and they found him clutching a bag of seagulls' for YEARS now. Anytime bad takeaway comes up, I win the story war.

Cheers John.

[The Merse]

Indian. Occasionally a Papa John's.

Not that I tend to order PJ's at my expense - I recently had to order pizza for a load of us at work working late one night and ended up getting 42 loyalty points despite having expensed it and therefor a free pizza and a half. I'd previously profited from leaving myself signed in on a mates laptop too, he just payed with his card and his address was already the primary delivery address given that I normally only have pizza with him for some reason... A few weeks of his regular Friday night Pizza later, bingo. Was gutted he went on a proper diet.

[Danny]

Favourite is probably Indian, missus isnt much of a fan though so I dont get it too often.

My mam was over visiting last week so we got in a big order of Indian. Chicken Vindaloo with garlic naan, regular naan, chapati's and chicken pakora (+ their meals). Had half for dinner and the other half for breakfast. Heaven.

[Shindig]

I'm quite lucky in the fact that I've got two fish and chips places, a sound Indian, a chinese which is apparently alright and a couple of pizza places. Options, although I mainly stick with the pizza place opposite me. I tried the other one the other month and, whilst I like when they encase the meat toppings under a layer of cheese, it doesn't hold any flavour beyond the first slice. 'cos the people that stealth the toppings are up to something.

[hfswjyr]

Why is pizza so expensive in this country? It seems everywhere else it is just about the cheapest food going. I could get a shit large Dominos for about 2GBP pick up in New Zealand. Here, it's closer to 10GBP. Is there some massive pizza tax or something?

[Raoul Duke]

Blame Tony Blair

[phonics]

Why is pizza so expensive in this country? It seems everywhere else it is just about the cheapest food going. I could get a shit large Dominos for about 2GBP pick up in New Zealand. Here, it's closer to 10GBP. Is there some massive pizza tax or something?

It's nuts. I think it's something to do with Pizza 'culture' being relatively new in comparison to Curry/Chinese. I remember Godalming getting it's first Pizza Express in 1997 seeming exotic.

Like, how did Panini's become the blockbuster food they are today despite about 70 years of Italians originating here since the war?

[Magic]

I paid £9 for a small 6 slice pizza at Pizza Shit. And it was disguising. To try and make up for it with a free salad bar that Mohammed and his three hundred offspring have been lucky dipping in is a falacy.

[Boydy]

Panini is actually the plural. :dc:

[Magic]

Salad bars as a concept can just fuck off too.

[The Merse]

Salad bars as a concept can just fuck off too.

OH christ yes. I love a good salad but those things...

Went to Harvester the other day with colleagues as one of our neverending Christmas festivites/ways to piss about on company time. We sat opposite the salad stuff and some old girl, must have been 75, and dressed like the Fonz with the makeup of Frankenfurter was laying into the dips. It was bad enough that she had the shakes and therefor the sauce covered ladle was covered in her carrott, croutons and sweetcorn as by the time she was done with it, but she then coughed all over the array of uncovered condiments with abandon.

[Giggles]

The ads for Harvesters used to have me drooling when I was younger and we never had any of them here so I'd no chance of going to one. Any accounts of them I've heard have been terrible though.

[Lewis]

You would love it mate. They're class.

[Giggles]

They really couldn't be anything else given the gear they serve. I'm so much less fussy than most too that I'd happily give myself a stroke in it.

[The Merse]

It was shit.

I have much better standards than these fucks at work when it comes to food.

Still, the proper, proper works meal in Kensington the other week was great. Bit of a mess that one actually and probably not a tale for this thread but fuck it - started out at 1pm, knocking off work early to head to Hyde Park for the Winter Wonderland and partake in German beers immediately and for some 5 hours before heading to Kensington for a restaurant we'd hired out along with it's basement club. Fortunately the couple of board members and numerous exec managers left as we moved downstairs as I was entering embarrassing territory. I recall losing my phone several times and charging up and downstairs interrogating the bar and waiting staff along with buying 4 packs of twenty cigarettes and probably only smoking 2 packs (by which I meant the rest went missing as opposed to simply having saved them). The last thing I recall of there is that when we were leaving someone handed me a full bottle of red wine which I proceeded to down until, with less than a third left someone else grabbed it from me with quite a disgusted look.

We moved on to Boujis. Which is shit and full of cunts and they kicked me out. Russian-friendly arseholes that they are.

I tried to hail a cab, but they wouldn't pick me up - no problem I thought, I'll head into this other club to sober up... With a beer...

Next thing I know I'm waking with an pissed off and hungover Aussie lass called 'Natalie', disappointingly fully clothed and it's 9.30 and I'm in Brixton. Fucking Brixton. The hotel, my laptop and clothes are next to the Barbican and I need to get to Bank for work, where I have a conference call with the bosses at... 9.30. I have no phone charge on either my work or personal phones. Cue £40 in taxi fares.

Needless to say, I was a popular boy when I arrived at 11.30.

[Sam]

Living below a chicken shop just sounds like an inferno deathtrap waiting to happen

Thought as much but it smelt great which was a good trade off.

[Waffdon]

Indian food is life

[Giggles]

I tried Magic, but my current Indian is in a carpark and this is as close as I can get to my old one (as the road on the left is into a carpark).

It's beside the white van, I never ate in a locksmiths.


http://i.imgur.com/fswvVt1.png

[Davgooner]

My brother tried to get an Indian takeaway in last week and in the end I had for forcefully intervene to stop him.

[The Merse]

There are thousands of Nepalese people in Britain so restaurants are pretty common.

And an unreasonably high ratio of them seem to be in Scotland if you're able to judge it purely on the number of Nepalese curry houses you see in Edinburgh and Glasgow compared to the rest of the UK.

Nepalese curry is indeed superb and their starters and dumplings are better than anything at the Cantonese or Bangladeshi places.

[Giggles]

What's Nepalese like? Closer to Indian or Thai? I really don't like Thai style curry.

[SvN]

The #1 restaurant in Southampton on Tripadvisor is a Nepalese/Indian restaurant. And it's fucking incredible. Bit of a dive inside, but the food and service are outstanding.

[Giggles]

That answers my question too. Also, we were talking about a weekend somewhere soon and Southampton came up last night so I'm bookmarking that place.

[The Merse]

What's Nepalese like? Closer to Indian or Thai? I really don't like Thai style curry.

The currys are closer to Indian/Bangladeshi but far richer normally.

If you go, get on the Momo's :drool:

[Magic]

Nepalese from what I've had is definitely closer to Indian.

[Giggles]

Had a search there. Only two showed up are in the city centre. Shithole kip :(

What are some good dishes so I can try make them myself? I looked up Nepal style chicken curry and it looks exactly like an Indian one, but there mut be some different type ones.

[Clunge]

Indian / curry of whatever denomination > all.

I spend a lot of time in and around Aldershot where there is a massive Nepalese population so I can confirm Nepalese food / curry is the business.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You can generally plot cuisines geographically. Thai is similar to Indian but a hint of Chinese. Nepalese is even closer to Indian but again just a tiny element of Chinese that you wouldn't get particularly in south Indian stuff. Indonesian is like Thai, but more so.

I've never had Vietnamese, but I'd plot it to be like Thai, but with more Chinese in it. Korean is predictably between Chinese and Japanese.

Not sure if it works in Europe.

[Giggles]

We've a gig in town in a few weeks so I might try it, though we were already going to try a sushi place when in.

[Dark Soldier]

Gonna have a filthy all meat, no salad, tons of mayo kebab tonight with some twister fries on the side.

[Luca]

I dislike Indian, so my takeaway of choice is either Chinese, Greek, or burritos (I'd say Mexican but generally these places only serve burritos and their ilk). I toss (ooh) the occasional pizza in as well.

[Yevrah]

Really fancy a takeaway now and perusing Just Eat is proving inconclusive.

[Dark Soldier]

http://i.imgur.com/jCyGcIs.jpg

£7 :drool:

[Yevrah]

That looks like absolute filth. :drool:

Did you get it delivered?

[Dark Soldier]

Aye, fuck waiting in a takeaway for food, comfort of ya own home.

[Yevrah]

I now want a kebab, with full filth.

[Giggles]

Yeah fuck my turkey, I want that. Not a vegetable anywhere near it :drool:

[Magic]

Disgusting.

[Luca]

I used to live across the street from the most glorious Turkish kebab place when I was in Milan. One suspects they may have moved on to England, because Jimmy's description is identical. Three geezers, one of whom was a scarred hard-man, another had a cracking moustache...

The bread for every kebab was made to order in a ridiculously hot oven, which would bake the thing in about 20 seconds.

They also bashed some racist cunts who tried to rob them one evening. Hard-man wrecked three of them armed only with a rolling pin.

[Lewis]

Disgusting.

You'll survive on those when your salary is keeping your ex-wife and kid in organic shite.

[Magic]

At £7 a pop? I don't think so.

[John]

:drool:

Which meats are involved there, DS?

There's a mixed hoagie from a place near me that's basically those two combined. Chips, chicken tikka, donner meat, kofte, a shitload of cheese, and a sauce, all in a wrap. Comes with a can of juice for seven quid. You'd put me in the mood for one with that picture, but they've goosed their delivery charge to four quid for today, so they can get to fuck.

[Giggles]

If I could get a proper one I'd have one on the way already. Anywhere round here I've tried is a pitta bread resembling the texture of a water balloon as it's mostly full of sauce.

[Dark Soldier]

:drool:

Which meats are involved there, DS?


Donner, chicken and sheesh. Its usually £5.50 but I upgraded to the large option :drool:

[Yevrah]

I've gone and done it.

Haven't eaten all day, so a filthy mixed kebab and a burger is on its way.

[John]

I'm in a similar boat.

'Chicken tikka, lamb tikka, kofte, naan bread & donner meat'

That's winning at the moment.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Yevrah]

House Special Kebab - Combination of donner, shish, kofte & chicken kebab

Eleven fucking quid that was, so if it's anything less than piping hot and containing enough meat to stuff several farmyard animals I shall be disappointed.

[Giggles]

I was going to get a chicken ball supper but I'm going to Londonderry on Monday so I'll get one there on my way home as they do gravy on it up there :drool:

[Adamski]

House Special Kebab - Combination of donner, shish, kofte & chicken kebab

Eleven fucking quid that was, so if it's anything less than piping hot and containing enough meat to stuff several farmyard animals I shall be disappointed.

How was it? This has inspired me to get a King kebab before the weekend is out.

[Yevrah]

It's just turned up.

It's fucking glorious. :drool:

[Giggles]

Bastard :(

[Luca]

No photo from Yevrah there should be a bannable offence. I think I'm going to get some form of dirty takeaway before my two-hour drive to uni tomorrow. Perhaps I'll have a shawarma.

[Yevrah]

It basically looked the same as DS', just with a £4 southern tax added.

[Luca]

On that note, this phenomenon of kebabs stuffed with 3-5 different kinds of meat (ranging from Indian to Middle Eastern) seems to be an entirely British one. Is it because most of the kebab shop owners are actually Indian/Bengali/Pakistani and are trying to fuse their home cuisine with Middle Eastern fare?

You get something tangentially similar with sushi restaurants here; a large portion of them are Korean-owned, so you'll have all manner of bibimbap and kalbi on the menu.

[Magic]

Turkish m8.

[Luca]

Then why the chicken tikka? Perhaps it's the other way around: Middle Eastern (I include Turkey in that broad category) owners co-opting popular Indian fare to bring more people in?

[John]

Off to the chippy shortly for my second filthy takeaway in a row.

Two battered sausages, a single fish, a 'pizza crunch', onion rings, two pickles, chips, thick pakora sauce, and two cans. Six quid. :drool:

[Manc]

That's dirt cheap.

[Davgooner]

Fuck sake that sounds good.

[Foe]

Glasgow is all sorts of cheap for takeaway stuff. One of the perks of living with the dregs of society brings it seems.

[Giggles]

Slide the two pickles into the bin and that's heaven :drool:

[Magic]

Popadoms and onion chutney
Vegetable Pakora
Lamb tikka Karahi
Chicken tikka balti
2x Pilau Rice
1x Garlic Naan

£17.95 - 25% because I have vouchers off. :drool:

[Magic]

Fuck my voucher isn't valid on set meals. :mad:

[Giggles]

Still, all that for €25 would be epic here.

[John]

Fuck my voucher isn't valid on set meals. :mad:

Take them separately and see if it works out cheaper with the voucher.

[Lewis]

Too late. He's already flattened her.

[Lee]

Two fucking months, lads. That's how long I'm giving myself to lose enough weight to get in on this without guilt. Utter bastards, the lot of you.

[Yevrah]

Hmm, a curry. Nice idea that Magic.

[Yevrah]

Fuck it, I'm going balls deep on a pickle tray as well. :drool: